Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, (ドラゴンボールZ 地球まるごと超決戦, Doragon Bōru Zetto: Chikyū Marugoto Chōkessen) also known as Dragon Ball Z: Super Battle in the World, is the sixth film in the Dragon Ball franchise and the third based on Dragon Ball Z. It was released on July 7, 1990 in Japan.
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Dubbing History[]
The Tree of Might was first dubbed by Ocean Productions under Funimation and Saban as a three-part episode of the TV series, first airing as part of the second season in November 1997. It contained the editing and censoring that their dub of the series did, along with the Shuki Levy music score. One of the more infamous edits was when Turles was holding Gohan by the head and forcing his eyes open, being edited to move Gohan to being held by shoulders, giving him a very wonky looking expression. The episodic cut of the movie aired between Episodes 45 and 46 of the Namek saga.
The Ocean voice cast would later return to do an uncut dub of the movie under Pioneer Entertainment, and released on VHS and DVD in 1998. The cast was mostly the same, though Peter Kelamis replaced Ian James Corlett as Goku. Like the Pioneer produced dubs of Dead Zone and The World's Strongest, this dub retained the original Japanese score, as well as dialogue closer to the original Japanese script.
Another dub was produced in Malaysia by Speedy Video Productions and released to VCD in 1998.
AB Groupe would also produce a dub for the movie which would air on Toonami in the United Kingdom and later receive a release on DVD there. Incidentally, the three-episode Saban Ocean Dub of the movie would also air there before.
After Pioneer's sub-license of the movie expired, Funimation went back to do their own in-house dub of the movie. It was first released on DVD in 2006 with a new score by Nathan Johnson. Subsequent re-releases include the movie with the original Japanese soundtrack as an audio track option.
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Notes[]
- Ocean's Episodic Cut of the Tree of Might wasn't released to home video until Funimation released the limited edition "Rock the Dragon" DVD collection in 2013. Even then, the three parts were edited together (as it was aired on Toonami).
- The episodic dub marks the last performance of Ian James Corlett as Goku before he left over pay disputes.
- Alec Willows doesn't return to voice Oolong for the Pioneer-produced Ocean Dub. The reason isn't clear, as he reprised him for their dub of The World's Strongest.
Video Releases[]
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| Pioneer Entertainment | 1998 | 
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Ocean | NTSC | United States | 
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Speedy | PAL | Malaysia | 
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| Bridge Entertainment | 2001 |
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AB Groupe | 2 PAL |
Netherlands | 
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| Warner Vision | 2003 |
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PAL | United Kingdom | 
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| FUNimation Entertainment | 2006 | FUNimation | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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A DVB-T | ||||
| 2011** |
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| 2013*** | Ocean (TV version; edited) | 1 NTSC | ||||
- released in double pack with Lord Slug
- released as part of a 5-in-1 movie collection with Dead Zone, The World's Strongest, Lord Slug, and Cooler's Revenge
- released as part of the Rock the Dragon Edition box set
- released as part of a 5-in-1 movie collection with Dead Zone, The World's Strongest, Lord Slug, and Cooler's Revenge
External Links[]
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might at the Internet Movie Database
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
